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Deseret News Share this story Annie Barker, Deseret News A Utah State Board of Education committee could approve a rule this week in response to a pair of controversial resolutions approved by the Legislature that encourage the board to ban what lawmakers consider "harmful" critical race theory concepts. The committee gave preliminary approval last week to the rule, which would prohibit instruction that “promotes or endorses” that a student's or teacher's sex, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or membership in a protected class “is inherently superior or inferior” to...

The Utah State Board of Education is considering a new rule that would require public school districts and charter schools to provide diversity, equity and inclusion training for teachers. It would also place guardrails around curricula related to race and other identity groups.

A Utah State Board of Education committee gave its initial approval to a rule that addresses the controversial theory of critical race theory concepts.

SALT LAKE CITY — Lifting Utah's statewide mask mandate on April 10 will be "deeply problematic" for schools, a member of the Utah State Board of Education predicted Thursday. Molly Hart, who is also a middle school principal in the Canyons School District, said she is concerned how schools will continue to enforce mask requirements after the statewide mandate terminates April 10, as directed under HB294, recently passed by state lawmakers. The bill is on Utah Gov. Spencer Cox's desk where he can sign it into law, allow it become law without his signature or veto it. However, the governor ha...